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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.2

জয় জয় শ্রীচৈতন্য স্বয়ং ভগবান্ ।

জয় জয় গৌরচন্দ্র ভক্তগণ-প্রাণ ॥ ২ ॥

jaya jaya śrī-caitanya svayaṁ bhagavān

jaya jaya gauracandra bhakta-gaṇa-prāṇa

Translation

All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead! All glories to Lord Gauracandra, the life and soul of His devotees!

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Lord Is His Devotees’ Life

  1. 1

    The author glorifies Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He also glorifies Him as Lord Gauracandra.

  3. 3

    Lord Gauracandra is the life and soul of His devotees.

How it feels

Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.

The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness. When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jaya jayaall glories
  2. śrī-caitanyato Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. svayam bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead Himself
  4. jaya jayaall glories
  5. gaura-candrato Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhakta-gaṇa-prāṇathe life and soul of the devotees
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does it mean to regard the Lord as one’s life and soul?

Practice

Read this verse aloud once as a prayer of glorification.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Is His Devotees’ LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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